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Fed Ex Can Classify Drivers as Independent Contractors, But Beware in Massachusetts

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Royal LLP

Although a federal trial court in Indiana recently ruled that FedEx may continue classifying many of its drivers as independent contractors, this decision will have no bearing on companies that do business in Massachusetts. Massachusetts may be the toughest state … Continue reading →

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Worker Misclassification Legislation Looming in Both Houses of Congress

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Royal LLP

On April 22, both houses of Congress re-introduced legislation designed to crackdown on the misclassification of workers as independent contractors. Entitled The Employee Misclassification Prevention Act, the bill will have a significant impact on employers’ current practices. If enacted, employers … Continue reading →

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Massachusetts Attorney General's Office Reaches Settlements in Four Wage Hour Cases Involving Restaurant Delivery Companies

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Royal LLP

Simultaneous with the launch of the IRS’s new initiative on worker misclassification, Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office announced, just this past week, that it reached settlements in four separate misclassification cases. In each of these cases, the Attorney General’s Office … Continue reading →

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Proposed DOL budget includes increase in funds for "worker protection programs"

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Royal LLP

The recently-proposed FY 2011 budget for the Department of Labor requests $117 billion in funds, including $13.9 billion in “discretionary funding.” Although the $117 billion request is less than what the DOL received last year, the DOL has requested $1.7 … Continue reading →

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Learning the Hard Way: the SJC's recent reminder that worker misclassification costs big bucks

Posted on September 12, 2009 by Royal LLP

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, guess what – it is a duck.  This means that you can’t try to call it a fish, because it just isn’t.  This old adage so aptly describes situations … Continue reading →

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